VOL. 39—NO. 34
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SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959
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$12,700 PRESENTED LAST WEEK
Air Conditioning At Ho^ital Miide
Possible By Donation Of Auxiliary
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A check for $12,700 was pre
sented Moore Memorial Hospital
last week by the Woman’s Aux
iliary of the hospital, to be used
for various items which have
been approved as auxiliary pro
jects.
Mrs. Paget Rigby, new president
of the auxiliary, said that the
major portion of the check, $7,700
was earmarked for air-condition
ing, which is now in progress.
The hospital hopes to have the
work completed before fall.
The fund covers the cost of
new furniture for the colored lob
by which amounts to $182.50; re
furnishing one private patient’s
room, $758; 40 overbed tables,
$2390; six new wheel chairs, $564;
new sterilizer for the operating
room, $920; orthopedic saw,
$545.43; and an ultra-sonic ther
apy unit, $468.
These items are all greatly
jeeded for improvement of pa
tient care in the hospital, accord
ing to John F. Taylor, president,
who expressed his appreciation
on behalf of the Board of Direc
tors to all members of the Aux
iliary who had a part in raising
the funds, and who wo^'k so tire
lessly for the good of the insti
tution throughout the year.
“Without the Auxiliary,’’ he
said, “the hospital would have
tough going, and we couldn’t pos
sibly get along without their,
wonderful help.”
Large Number Boy
Scouts Honored
At Honor Court
Lewis Carter Burwell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. BurweU of
Pinehurst, was awarded the Gold
Palm at a Boy Scout District
Court of Honor held Monday
night in the Eagle Springs
school.
E. O. Brogden, Southern Pines
attorney, who is Moore District
Organization and Extension chair
man.
There were a number of other
high awards made at the Court,
one of a series scheduled through
out the year.
Bobby Maness of Troop 74,
Robbins, and Jimmy Lee Dunn,
Troop 98, West End, were award
ed the Life Rank by J. Douglas
David, district chairman.
F. S. Currie, Scoutmaster of
Troop 98, presented the Star
Rank to Michael Wilson of Post
8^, Aberdeen.
/The following were awarded
First Class Rank by Gordon Keith
of Aberdeen; Tim Tufts, Troop
7, Pinehurst; Carlyle Colt and
Tommy Blue, Troop 851, Eagle
Springs; Johnny Robbins, Mack
Hunley and Charles R. Harris,
Troop 98, West End.
Second class awards were pre
sented by Thurman Maness,
troop committee chairman from
Robbins. The Scouts receiving
the award were Wiley Barret,
Ralph Homer, Jr., and Marty
McDonald, all of Troop 7, Pine
hurst; Gary Britt of Troop 74,
Robbins; Phillip Freeman of
Troop 851, Eagle Springs; Mank
Hunley, Leon Dunn and Charles
R. Harris.
Kippy David, one of 16 Scouts
from this district who recently
returned from Philmont Scout
Reservation in New Mexico, gave
an interesting talk on his exper
iences there and urged all Scouts
to try to make the same trip
next year.
Billy McKenzie of Troop 7,
Pinehurst, presented 53 merit
badges which indicated many
different interests and abilities.
Also on the program was the
tapping of several new members
into the Order of the Arrow, in
cluding Harold Williams, John
Cagle and John McLean of Eagle
Springs, Robert S. Viall, Jr., of
Pinehurst, Victor Grose of Ab
erdeen, Z. B. Conrad of West
End, and Thurman Maness of
Robbins.
Harold Williams, member of
the Moore District Advancement
Committee, was master of cere
monies.
Council Tacks New
Fee On Fishing
In Town’s Lake
Fishermen who use the town
water works lake on the Carth
age highway will pay 50 cents
per day for the privilege in the
future, the Town Council decided
Tuesday night.
The fee is in addition to a year
ly permit which costs $5 for in-
town residents, $10 for others.
Children under 12, if accompanied
by a permit holder, aren’t requir
ed to pay.
The Council tacked the new
charge on because, as one mem
ber put it, “we don’t want too
much fishing out there because
authorities have advised us it
isn’t good for the lake which,
afterall is for human consump
tion. In effect, this is a prohibit
ing fee but we think it is a wise
one in the best interests of our
citizens.”
Council had advertised the mat
ter for a public hearing Tuesday
night at the recommendation of
a recently appointed committee
which had been charged with de
veloping better fishing in the
lake. The fee actually is for use
of boats the town owns. By terms
of an ordinance adopted in -1954
no fishing is allowed other than
from boats.
Only two people questioned the
adoption of the new regulation.
Four other people who attended
the meeting had no comments to
make.
V Most vigorous opposition was
expressed by Vance Derby of the
Pilot, who called the new regula
tion “one which is grossly unfair
to those who still look on a five
dollar bill as a whale of a lot of
money.” An additional 50 cents,
he said, “makes it that much
more prohibitive for youngsters
to fish.”
Told that the meeting was not
for the purpose of discussing the
merits^ of the $5 permit, he sug
gested that fees for fishing in the
New Bowling Center To
Open Here Next Week
CAMERON’S FIRST fine modern post office
building was recently opened in the main busi
ness district. The building, erected strictly for
use as a post office by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Nickens, has been leased to the Post Office De
partment. Interior furnishings include new
^ock boxes, handsome furniture and an open
counter replacing the traditional “cage win
dow.” Nelson Cooper is postmaster, Mrs. M. E.
Suggs is clerk, Mrs. Mack Trent substitute
clerk, and the two rural carriers are L. C.
Thomas for Route 1 and Neil B. McDonald for
Route 2. (Pilot photo)
Council In Routine Session Tuesday
lake, no matter how they
charged, aren’t fair when similar
ones do not exist for the town ten
nis courts, free except for a small
charge for use of lights at night.
R. F. Hoke Pollock told the
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10-Game Football
Schedule For High
School Announced
-A ten-game football schedule
for East Southern Pines High
School has been annoimced by
Irie Leonard, who completed the
schedule before bowing out as
coach last month.
The Blue Knights, State Class
A runners-up last season, will
open against Raeford, a new op
ponent, on September 4. The'
game is to be played in Raeford.
There are three othet new
teams on the schedule, which
features six contests against op
ponents in the Cape Fear Confer
ence.
Following Raeford the Blue
Knights open their home stand
against Laurinburg, non-confer
ence, on September 11. The next
week they travel to Fayetteville
for a game with the Seventy First
School, one of the area’s largest.
The conference schedule opens
September 25 when the Knights
meet St. Pauls here. The only
other conference game here is
against Rohanen on October 16,
which is also Homecoming.
The season closes with Sanford
November 6 here. That game was
scheduled last year but had to be
cancelled when the Knights be
came involved with the runoffs
for the State Championship.-
Here is the complete schedule:
September 4—Raeford (away)
Sept 11—Laurinburg (home)
Sept. 18—Seventy First (home)
Sept. 25—St. Pauls (home)*
Oct. 2—Red Springs (away)*
Oct. 9—Fairmont (away)*
Oct. 16—Rohanen (home)*
Oct. 23—^Aberdeen (away)’
Oct. 30—^Hope Mills (away)*
Nov. 6—Sanford (home)
* Conference game
Councilman Harry Pethick was
named Tuesday night to fill the
unexpired term of Dr. A. C.
Dawson on the town library
board.
Mr. Pethick’s terra will run to
June 30, 1960.
Council made the appointment
at its regular monthly meeting.
The appointment was actually a
matter of “killing two birds with
one stone,” as one Councilman
expressed it.
Reason for his expression was
that former Councilman D. E.
Bailey had been appointed to the
library board of trustees as the
Council’s representative, an ap
pointment required by law. Mr.
Bailey’s term expires next year,
but since he is not on the Coun
cil anymore the appointment of
a Councilman was required. And
since Dr. Dawson had resigned
the board was one member short
of the required six.
So, with Pethick’s appointment,,
the board now is up to full
strength and there’s a Council
man on it.
In what was mostly a dull and
routine session, made interesting
only by a short and lively dis
cussion concerning policy as re
lates to fishing at the town reser
voir, the Council approved these
matters:
Named former Recorder R. F.
Hoke Pollock to preside at the
July 22 term of Southern Pines
Recorder’s Court in the absence
of Harry Fullenwider, the reg
ular Recorder.
Approved an application for an
on-premises beer license by Ben
jamin McKayhan at the Sunrise
Morrison Serving
Internship At
Local Pharmacy
George Arthur Morrison, a re
cent graduate of the University
of North Carolina School of
Pharmacy, is serving an intern
ship here at the Broad Street
Pharmacy.
Morrison, a native of Southern
Pines, is the son of Mrs. Hazel
O. Morrison of Bethesda Road.
He graduated from the high
school in 1954. While there he
was a member of the football
squad and Hi-Y Club.
He is serving his internship un
der Joe Montesanti, Jr.,' proprie
tor of the store and also a grad
uate of the School of Pharmacy
at UNC.
State law requires that in addi
tion to graduation from a recog
nized school of pharmacy, a can
didate for license as a pharma
cist must receive one year of
practical ' pharmacy instruction
under the supervision of a regis
tered pharmacist.
BENEFIT SUPPER
A dinner for the benefit of the
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
building fund will be held at the
Southern Pines Country Club
Wednesday, July 29, from 5:30 to
8 p. m. Tickets are on sale at
various places in town.
Cafe at 264 S. Gaines Street.
Gave tentative approval to the
purchase of approximately 50
volumes of the N. C. Supreme
Court Reports for use in the Mu
nicipal Court here. No money
was budgeted for the books, the
purchase of which was strongly
recommended by Town Attorney
W. Lament Brown and Mr. Pol
lock. Both said the books were
required for the operation of -a
good court. Town Manager Louis
Scheipers, Jr., and officers of the
court will see if funds can be
scraped together for the purchase
which will not exceed $250.
Commended C. F. HuHlirt Wil
liams for the work he is doing
in beautifying Woodlawn Ceme
tery in West Southern Pines. Mr.
Williams said he would like to
see the town supply a water tap
for the cemetery and make it
available for free use of people
who owned lots there.
He also requested the Council
to look into the matter of mak
ing a road to serve the property.
Such a road has been dedicated,
he said, but never worked over.
Council promised to look into
the matter.
At the close of the meeting Mr.
Pollock asked for...time to bring
up three matters which he
thought merited consideration by
the Council.
The first was a request to raise
the level of Broad Street from
Pennsylvania Avenue to about
the Sunrise Theatre. He said that
some visitors are “sore” because
the high curbs in that stretch
causes them to scratch and other
wise mar their cars. A safety mat
ter is also involved.
The second was a request foy
progress on a long standing re
quest that something be done to
alleviate the dangerous problems
■ on Massachusetts Avenue be
tween Ridge Street and Country
.Club Drive. The big problem
comes when it rains, he said. In
that event the schoolboy patrol
men, who have been taught not
to allow students to cross the
street until there, are no cars in
sight, frequently keep children
standing as much as 10 minutes
in the rain.
He added that, since it was
proposed to place the traffic
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Robbins To Host
Annual Slow Pitch
Softball Tourney
The South Central District
Slow Pitch softball tournament
has been scheduled August 3-8
at the high school athletic park
in Robbins, according to a spoke.-^-
man for the Robbins Boosters
Club, sponsors.
Last year the event was held
at the Car-Fab park in Carthage.
Deadline for entries will be
Wednesday, July 29, according to
Bill McAnulty of Robbins, com
missioner. The^ Amerotron team
of Robbins, winners of the dis
trict championship last year, will
be the defending champions.
Fourteen teams psirticipated in
the tournament last year. Mc
Anulty requests that any team
interested in entering the tourn
ament contact him immediately
at the Amerotron MiU in Robbins.
Bloodmobile To
Visit Carthage,
Robbins Next Week
The Red Cross regional blood-
mobile will visit Carthage and
Robbins next week seeking a to
tal quota of 250 pints.
The unit will be at the high
school gymnasium in Carthage
Thursday and at the Elise high
school gymnasium in Robbins on
Friday.
The last time the blopdmobile
visited the two towns the goals
were exceeded and leaders are
anticipating an even greater
turnout this time.
In Carthage the drive is under
the direction of Wilbur Currie;
in Robbins the Rev. H. R. Helms
is in charge.
State C&D Going
To Europe On
Industry Search
North Carolina’s businessmen-
politician industry hunting team,
already successful on trips to
New York, Chicago and Philadel
phia, will move its campaign to
Europe this fall.
, Decision to take the ’trip was
made at a meeting of the Com
merce and Industry Division of
the Board of Conservation and
Development Tuesday in More-
head City.
Voit Gilmore of Southern
Pines, C&D. member and widely
travelled, broached the idea to
C&D about two months ago.
Since then, he said Tuesday, he
has made inquiries in Washing
ton and the proposed campaign
has met with enthusiastic ap
proval. Many details, he added,
are still to be worked out.
The State Ports Authority, Of
which John Reeves of Pinehurst
is chairman, will co-sponsor the
tour. About 40 or 50 people will,
be along, Gilmore said, all pay
ing their own expenses. The
group would travel to Europe by
chartered plane and would visit
England, France, Italy and West
Germany.
The trip would, be made in No
vember, with the first two weeks
the likeliest time.
The invasion, as such cam
paigns have come to be known,
would last from 10 to 14 days.
It would be the first of its kind
attempted by an American state.
‘Tt would be a businessman-to-
businessman trip, not a junket,”
Gilmore said. The trip would be
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OLD CARS AND OLD COSTUMES were the
order of the day as the Horseless Carriage Club
of North Carolina held its annual tour this
week. J. T. Overton, proprietor of Sandhills
Drug Store, dressed up in vintage clothes,
which he wore on the tour, for this picture of
his 1923 Ford. The car, black as they all‘were
that year, was painstakingly and authentically
rebuilt by Mr. Overton and mechanic friends
over a period of several years. He reports that
he gets a little better than 20 miles per gallon,
better than some of its modem day counter
parts. (Pilot photo)
" League Play To
^gin In September
Announcement was made today
that the OK Bowl, a new bowling
establishment here, will open Sat
urday July 25.
Col. George Garde, manager,
said that the arrival of 10 auto
matic pin spptters was scheduled
Monday and they would be in
stalled immediately. If any trou
ble develops, he added, the al
leys will open Monday, July 27.
The OK Bowl is located on S.
W. Broad Street next to Dante’s
Restaurant. It will have 10 lanes,
all operated automatically, and
will be air conditioned. Col.
Garde said that all equipment to
be installed is the most modern
available. The lanes, manufactur
ed by American Machine and
Foundry Company, are sanctioned
by the American Bowling Con
gress.
Col. Garde said that league
play would begin in September
and would be ABC sahctioned.
Participants will be eligible for
‘ regional and national ABC tourn
aments.
To date he added, there are
about one-half of the proposed
10 leagues signed up and ready
for competition. The alleys are
equipped for 10 full leagues
which numbers about 500 bowlers.
Men’s teams have been entered
(from Rockingham, Raeford, West
' End, Carthage, Robbins, Southern
Pines, Pinehurst and Aberdeen.
Included are teams to play in in
dustrial, church, civic, fraternal
professional and business leagues.
Women’s teams will play in
church, auxiliaries, and profes
sional and businesswomen’s
leagues. The biggest to enter to
date are the BPODoes, with six
teams.
Col. Garde said that he expect
ed the leagues would be complet
ed by September and urged those
wht) wished to enter to make
immediate application.
League play has been set for
Monday through Friday evenings
from 6:30 until 11 p.m., projected
closing time.
Open bowling will be available
from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mondays
through Fridays, and all day on
Saturday and Sunday. The alleys
open Monday through Saturday
at 11 a.m., on Sundays at 1 p.m.
One of the big features of the
new enterprise will be the op
eration of a nursery. Babysitters
win be on hand from 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. daily and toys and other
equipment will be available for
free use. •
Another Jeature is a league
room with 80 lockers, several of
which have already teen rented.
Col. Garde said that all types,
of bowling equipment will be
available for purchase, and some
items, such as shoes, for rent.
Automatic machines have been
installed for dispensing of light
refreshments.
Free instruction will be pro
vided those who aren’t familiar
with the game by Col. Garde, a
veteran of some 20 years of league
play. He said that professionals
would also visit the alleys from-
time to time for exhibitions and
instruction.
The building has been under
construction since March. It
measures 61 by 140 feet, is of
brick and block construction, and,
together with equipment, repre
sents an investment of almost a
quarter of a million dollars.
John C. Ostrom stnd Donald D.
Kennedy are owners.
Mr. Ostrom said that the ob
jective of the center “was to pro
vide a bowling center for good
clean recreation with emphasis
on family entertainment. Bowling
today is one of this country’s big
gest participant sports, with more
than 10 million people actively
participating. We hope that this
new center will be a distinct ad
dition to the recreational and en
tertainment life of the Sandhills
area.”
The center incidentaUy, is the
only one in the area that boasts
automatic equipment and is ex
pected to draw players from a
wide area in South Central North
Carolina.
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